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After an operation carried out in al-Raqqah, the ‘capital’ of ISIS, the Syrian army arrested US intelligence officers, Barzani’s peshmerga and ISIS commanders, sending them to Damascus, says Dr Mehmet Yuva.

The source: A Lebanese expert on terrorism who closely follows the Syrian military zone.

The location: Al-Raqqah, northern Syria, where ISIS decides its raids, and also known as ‘Bin Laden’s military base’.

Al-Raqqah is also home to the meetings of intelligence organizations with the ISIS commanders. This well-protected headquarters is a command centre, where military acts in the area are observed and militants are communicated with via satellites, it is where looted cash is gathered…